Report: Jared Fogle Admits To Having Lewd Images Under His Roof



The roof may have finally fallen in on Jared Fogle. According to multiple reports, the man who lost 200 pounds on a diet of Subway sandwiches is due to plead guilty sometime tomorrow to federal child pornography charges.

Jared Fogle at a 2007 event in Boston (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
Jared Fogle at a 2007 event in Boston (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

WXIN and WRTV in Indianapolis both report that Fogle has reached a deal with federal prosecutors in Indianapolis that calls for him to plead guilty to two counts of possession of child porn. WTHR in Indianapolis reports that the charges will only involve conspiracy related to the lewd images. Nor surprisingly, all parties involved are being extremely tight-lipped. No one on Fogle’s legal team will confirm or deny a plea deal, and the U. S. Attorney for the District of Southern Indiana does not comment on pending charges.

According to WRTV, Fogle could get as little as eight years in federal prison if a judge signs off on the deal. Under federal sentencing guidelines, he could have faced between 10 and 12 years in prison had he gone to trial. Combine that with the likelihood that prosecutors would have piled on more charges in a superseding indictment, and this deal at least gives Fogle a decent chance of sleeping under his own roof again.

The saga began last month, when agents from the FBI and Indiana State Police raided Fogle’s home in Zionsville, Indiana as part of a child porn investigation and hauled numerous computers and DVDs were hauled out from under Fogle’s roof. The investigation had initially focused on the then-executive director of Fogle’s foundation, who has been in jail since May. Nonetheless, Subway suspended its 15-year relationship with Fogle pending further investigation.

The story took another turn when it emerged that the FBI had subpoenaed a lurid text message exchange from 2008 in which Fogle appeared to tell a Subway franchisee that he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl. The franchisee was concerned enough to alert officials at Subway parent Doctor’s Associates, though apparently those concerns didn’t get passed up the chain of command. From where I’m siting, even if Fogle hadn’t had any porn under his roof, this alone would have likely finished his career.

One can only hope that Fogle gets the help that he desperately needs. At least he’s young enough, at 37, that he has some time to turn his life around.

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